摘要
In May 2021,multiple sequences of earthquakes struck western China.Among them,The M_(S) 6.4 Yangbi earthquake and the M_(W) 7.4 Madoi earthquake are the two most significant events.Especially,the Madoi earthquake is the largest earthquake in China after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.The two earthquakes have attracted broad concerns from both the public and the academic society(Liao et al.,2021,Zhang et al.,2022a).In this special issue,ERA compiled and published related research articles investigating timely advances of the two events.The special issue includes 7 papers,covering seismic observation,surface deformation investigation,seismic hazard survey,and geodynamical modeling.